Time is running out on you all writers,,, the main zines:
Diplomacy World and
Diplomatic Pouch
have issues to get out in March and it is already half way through Feb.

So come on folks, get back to the original idea of the thread... write something for publishing,

I am getting my article written over the next week.

Ghost-rating (or Elo) has now a hefty penalty for CD.

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I think part of the problem with the Leagues is that you don't want to seem treacherous with people you have to play more games with in the near future. Our first two games were 2 way draws that could have easily been won by one person.

One of the possible topics for an article is the metagaming in a PBeM tournament/league.

I know this is off the topic, so consider this a bump, except for TheGhostmaker...

Ghostmaker, in your Ghost-rating, do you disregard games that were drawn in 1901?

Bump, just in case anyone needs one.

No, not yet, because I do not take down that information from the data logs. Secondly, that would not so much be a feature of the rating systems as a way of choosing which games to rate. A /cancel feature would be good to sort out that sort of thing

bump. Just thought I'd keep the thread alive guys :)!

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I've completed an article :D

There you go cg! :D

phew! Thanks. Will get cracking, and save the article onto my pc...

Either of you want some EDItorial comments on your articles before they go to press, just send them to me....warning if I can find a grammar error in your work you are in real big trouble...however maybe I can help on some of the hobby stuff along the way.

Edi, from your article "Approaches to Scoring Tournaments: Cultural Gamesmanship":

"It did not matter if you had 7 centers and there were six other players on the board; what mattered most was that you had 7 centers and everyone else had 6 or less." We all know that it should be 6 or fewer.

I shall send you a copy of my article, but expect polite comments on any grammatical slips you may have noticed, not "big trouble". :)

Emergency bump - any sign of that article ghostie?

Mine? I've already sent it off.

It requires equations, which wouldn't show up on this forum.

ghost i think he meant it as in, if he can find one with his lack of grammer then there must be more sort of way

Equations?! I've just written a long EOG statement, so I'll do my best, if I have time, to finish this article off later. I've reworked it a bit, but I am still not happy with it.

Any chance of letting me see it?

bump?

Bump, just to be on the safe side

@Ghostmaker
When I said :
.warning if I can find a grammar error in your work you are in real big trouble
It was not because I am the grammarian your mother warned you about, but because my grammar, spelling-basic English is poor so that if I can find an error you must be in trouble because 90% of them just go right past me unnoticed.
Feel free to EDIt any of my articles and send them back to me and I will update the articles most appreciatively for your efforts. I have no emotional commitment to my English comprehension and display.

ok, right. Being a bit of a pedant myself, no wonder I got the wrong end of the stick :P

bump for cg

Thanks mate - great article by the way, but I didn't understand a lot of the maths :s

Watch this space...

thanks chris

Watches intently...

bump again

bump!

Why do you all keep doing this bump thing... at this point whatever people are going to do they should have done and that is that...no???